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SEO Book.com:
Google Kills eHow Competitors, eHow Rankings Up — Economics Drive Literally Everything Media is all about profit margins. eHow was originally founded in 1998 & had $36 million in venture capital behind it. But the original cost structure was flawed due to high content costs.
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Quora, Search Engine Watch, SISTRIX, @jillwhalen, @carnage4life and @mathewi
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Number Crunchers: Who Lost In Google's “Farmer” Algorithm Change? — On Thursday, Google announced a major change to its search algorithm, designed to weed out shallow and low-quality content from its top search results. Content farms were seen by many as the target. Were they hit? Who was hit?
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Screenwerk and Abbamont.com, Thanks:keithdsouza
Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPhone 5 part surfaces, shows larger display and thinner bezel? — A purported image of an iPhone 5 part has appeared on a Chinese reseller of Apple parts' website. Specifically, this part may be the digitizer panel for the fifth generation iPhone's touch screen.
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Examiner, PC World, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, Redmond Pie, MacStories, Apple Gazette, Phones Review, Gadgets DNA, AllNewsMac, Mashable!, TiPb, Apple Bitch, App Advice, Electronista, MacRumors, Erictric, thinq_, Shoutpedia, everythingiCafe, Phone Scoop, VR-Zone, GeekSmack and iClarified
Bryce Roberts / BRYCE DOT VC:
Why I Deleted My AngelList Account — Yesterday I deleted my AngelList account. Doing so generated a lot of questions on Twitter, in email and from the press so I want to explain myself. — Its a decision I've been wrestling with for the last few months as I've found the service increasingly not matching my investment philosophy.
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@naval, @shervin, @scobleizer, @jason and @msuster
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Mark Suster / TechCrunch:
What's The Real Deal With AngelList?
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@peterchane and Scobleizer, Thanks:msuster
The Technium:
Free Kindle This November — In October 2009 John Walkenbach noticed that the price of the Kindle was falling at a consistent rate, lowering almost on a schedule. By June 2010, the rate was so unwavering that he could easily forecast the date at which the Kindle would be free: November 2011.
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Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:
Find my Mac coming in 10.7 Lion? — Did you think Apple was done announcing the new features coming in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion? Did you think Apple was done bringing features from iOS to the Mac? Well, they're not, and here's a big one that might be coming this Summer with Lion: Find my Mac.
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Electronista, Electronista, AllNewsMac and iClarified
Anne Eisenberg / New York Times:
Moonlighting Within Microsoft, in Pursuit of New Apps — IF you have a smartphone, you probably have apps on it to check the news, play games, help with shopping or further a hobby like travel or bird-watching. But chances are that you don't yet have Bubblegum — a new app that lets …
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ABCNEWS:
Libya's ‘Love Revolution’: Muslim Dating Site Seeds Protest — Coded Love Letters Help Opposition Members Organize Protest — When Omar Shibliy Mahmoudi exchanged sweet nothings on the Muslim dating site Mawada, it wasn't for love but for liberty. — To avoid detection by Libyan secret police …
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Sify.com, Internet Evolution and AOL News
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Apple shares Mac OS X Lion with security experts — Apple not only released a preview of its next operating system, Mac OS X Lion, to developers today, the company is also giving it to security experts for review. — “I wanted to let you know that I've requested that you be invited …
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9 to 5 Mac, Podcasting News, AppleInsider, Edible Apple, Apple Gazette, Softpedia News, MacNN, MacDailyNews, TUAW and CrunchGear
Om Malik / GigaOM:
My Web Without Facebook Connect — I have had better days. I woke up to the sound of a hailstorm beating my bedroom window to a pulp. I saw the weather gods, in a passive aggressive mood, pelt San Francisco with sleet right at the time I go for my early morning walk.
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RyanSpoon.com, Thanks:sidharthdassani
Sam Sheffer / Engadget:
HTC Droid Incredible 2 shows up in Verizon's system — Well, look what we've got here! Seeing that HTC just introduced the Incredible S — a world phone only available in the UK — it was only a matter of time before the phone hit the stateside. A trusted tipster just hit us with screen shots …
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Gadgetell, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, Electronista, MobileWhack, Droid Life and Erictric
Matt Peckham / PC World:
Nintendo 3DS Launches in Japan Amidst Tales of Lines, Sellouts, and ‘Eye Pain’ — Nintendo's bid to put glasses-free 3D into the anxious hands of the masses just got underway in Japan. The company's 3DS—sequel to the DS and DSi, and employing a new 3.53-inch widescreen that uses parallax barrier tech …
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Bloomberg, Japan Real Time and Sankaku Complex
